ASIA INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM 2024

Undersecretary TJ Batan has been working in the Philippine transportation department for seven years, first as a Senior Project Development Officer in 2015 working on several maritime, airport development, port modernization, and other mass transit projects, until he was eventually appointed as an Assistant Secretary for Rail in 2017, Undersecretary for Railways in 2018, and as Undersecretary for Planning and Project Development in 2022.

As the Undersecretary for Railways, he led the sector in implementing decades-delayed rail projects, expanding the rail network from 77 km to 1203 km, increasing number of awarded rail contracts, securing financing worth 1.5B pesos in Official Development Assistance, increasing disbursements, and fixing the degraded state of MRT-3, Metro Manila's metro rail backbone, back to design condition in record time. He has been pivotal in the fulfillment of the national government’s promise of building the dream railway network for the Philippines and he is currently leading the DOTr's push towards BuildBetterMore under the current administration

The Secretary of the Department of Transportation has a solid grounding in transportation having spent more than three decades in the aviation sector, culminating in being President of National Flag Carrier, Philippine Airlines (PAL).

He has strong financial management background, allowing him to steer PAL through its most turbulent times.

Additionally, he has held significant positions in various private companies. Notably, his strategic leadership contributed to stabilizing the financial situation at the University of the East during his more than twenty-year service on their Board of Directors.

Prior to his government post, he served on the Boards of Directors for multiple companies across various industries.Though more of a professional manager than a technocrat, he is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Accountancy.

He prefers to avoid personal accolades, earning respect through his humility and approachability. Known for his disarming smile and gentle demeanor, he also possesses a remarkable memory, endearing himself effortlessly to others.

Guangzhe Chen is the World Bank’s Vice President for Infrastructure. He leads the Bank's global efforts to build sustainable infrastructure in developing and emerging economies and supports the World Bank Group’s strategic priorities such as the climate change action plan and the private capital mobilization and enabling efforts. He oversees the Bank's work across energy and transport sectors, digital development, and efforts to provide access to renewable energy, low-carbon transportation, digital connectivity, and quality infrastructure services to communities through public-private partnerships. Infrastructure represents around US$77 billion of the Bank’s portfolio.

An economist by training, Mr. Chen has over 25 years of international experience in the field of sustainable development, infrastructure finance and management with the World Bank Group and the Asian Development Bank. He worked extensively in Africa and the South Asia Region. He graduated from Harvard University and Zhongshan University, China.

Bhargav Dasgupta is the Vice-President (Market Solutions) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He assumed the position on 4 December 2023.

Mr. Dasgupta is responsible for management of the Private Sector Operations Department and Office of Markets Development and Public-Private Partnerships. These departments deliver market solutions to catalyze Asia and the Pacific’s private sector development.

Ms. Ma. Cynthia Hernandez is the Executive Director of the Public Private Partnership Center since September 2022.

Her area of expertise is in corporate finance, transaction advisory and financial modelling and valuation. Prior to assuming her position at the PPP Center, she was a Principal at the Deal Advisory practice of KPMG in the Philippines. She was also the sector lead for Energy and Infrastructure, where she assisted corporate and multilateral clients. Her technical background as a licensed engineer is a significant factor in her chosen career. In addition to a degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of the Philippines, she also acquired a Masters in Development Economics from the same institution.

In a career spanning 24 years, Cynthia has been involved in significant deals and transactions as an advisor. As the head of the lead Philippine government agency for PPPs, she hopes to help drive economic growth through the development of inclusive and sustainable infrastructure projects.

Mr Lee Chuan Teck is the Executive Chairman of Enterprise Singapore. Enterprise Singapore is the government agency championing enterprise development. The agency works with committed companies to build capabilities, innovate and internationalise. It also supports the growth of Singapore as a hub for global trading and startups, and builds trust in Singapore’s products and services through quality and standards.

Previously Enterprise Singapore’s Chief Executive Officer, Chuan Teck was appointed as Executive Chairman on 1 April 2024.

Prior to this, Chuan Teck was Permanent Secretary (Development) of the Ministry of Trade and Industry from June 2018 to April 2023 where he was responsible for the development of Singapore enterprises, and oversaw the tourism and energy sectors, as well as competition and consumer protection issues. On the trade front, he focused on expanding economic connectivity and strengthening bilateral economic relationships with Southeast, South and Central Asia and Latin America.

Chuan Teck started his public service career with the Monetary Authority of Singapore in 1992 covering various roles, including reserves investment, monetary policy and capital market regulation. In 2014, he was appointed Deputy Secretary (Land and Corporate) of the Ministry of Transport, where he led the restructuring of the public bus and rail sector and spearheaded the deployment of autonomous vehicles in Singapore.

He also serves on the boards of the Bayfront Infrastructure Management, Clifford Capital Holdings, Clifford Capital, Economic Development Board, EDBI, Infrastructure Asia, National Research Foundation, Singapore Corporation Enterprise, Singapore Health Services and Singapore Trade Data Exchange Services. Chuan Teck was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2021.

Ambassador Medardo Antonio G. Macaraig is a career diplomat with over thirty years of experience at the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Prior to his assignment as Ambassador to Singapore, he was the Assistant Secretary for the DFA’s Office of Asset Management and Support Services. 

Ambassador Macaraig has held various positions in Manila and abroad. He was previously Minister and Consul General at the Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Consul General at the Philippine Consulate General in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and Second Secretary and Consul at the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa, Canada. At the DFA in Manila, he served as Senior Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Administration; Executive Director of the Office of Personnel and Administrative Services; Acting Director of the Property, Maintenance and Transportation Division; and Conference Officer of the APEC-National Organizing Commission-Executive Committee. Prior to joining the DFA, he served at the Metropolitan Manila Commission (later renamed the Metropolitan Manila Authority). 

Ambassador Macaraig obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.

With over 20 years working in the public sector, H.E Heng Nan was appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) in 2023. He was a Secretary of State of the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) for 3 years and undersecretary of state of the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft (MIH) for 3 years. Between 2003 and 2018, he was working and promoted from a Deputy Chief to a Deputy Director General of Camcontrol of Ministry of Commerce (MoC). 

H.E. Heng Nan held a variety of fields at MISTI, including policy formulation, implementation and policy recommendation in the area of technology and innovation. During his tenure at Camcontrol of the Ministry of Commerce, he worked closely with both Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) for 10 years and Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) for 5 years on inspection of goods and cargoes as well as trade facilitation policy. 

In this 7th legislature of the New Government of Cambodia, he has recently been appointed as a secretary of state of the MPWT to assist H.E Peng PONEA, Minister of Public Works and Transport in Logistics Sector and to support key tasks and responsibilities of General Department of Logistics, the MPWT. 

The Honourable Dato Sri Alexander Nanta Linggi is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kapit Sarawak since 1999 and serves as the Secretary-General of both Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and its coalition Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS).

The Honourable was appointed as Deputy Minister for Rural and Regional Development on May 16, 2013. Later in 2020, the Honourable Minister became a full cabinet member by holding the position of Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs after defending the Kapit parliamentary seat in the 2018 Malaysian general election for more than five terms and held this ministerial position until the 2022 general elections.

Currently, the Honourable is now the Minister of Works (appointed in 2022). In his leadership as the Minister of Works, the Honourable has pledged to be a "minister for all, not just for Sarawakians” and to ensure that all measures and initiatives under his ministry would reflect and align with the government of Madani’s approach which will benefit the ‘rakyat’ throughout Malaysia.

Dr. Md. Mushfiqur Rahman joined Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) of Prime Minister’s Office, as its Chief Executive Officer (Secretary) on 2nd November 2022.

Dr. Rahman is a career civil servant and joined his service on 24 April 1994 as an officer of Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration) Cadre. During his long 29 years’ service career, he served at field level as well as at ministry level also. He previously held the position of Director General of the Islamic Foundation. Apart from serving in the Cabinet Division as Additional Secretary, he worked for the Road Transport and Highways Division and Ministry of Cultural Affairs. He worked successfully as a Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate of Netrokona, a district of Bangladesh and contributed greatly to different types of innovative, development and service-oriented activities. Furthermore, he effectively proved his worthiness on the implementation of development activities of the government. Among them information and communication technology-based e-service, education development activities, disaster management program, and social safety net program could be mentioned.

Dr. Rahman bears a brilliant academic result and he secured first class/ division in all the academic examination throughout his life. He completed his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and MSc in Microbiology from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. He completed his PhD degree from the same University. He also obtained MA in Governance and Development from BRAC University, Bangladesh.

During his service, Dr. Rahman successfully completed multiple professional trainings from home and abroad. He visited a considerable number of foreign countries like U.K, U.S.A, Canada, Singapore, Saudi Arab, Japan, Sweden, Finland, U.A.E, Sri Lanka, Spain, China, South Korea, Russia, India, Thailand, Australia, Germany etc as a part of carrying out his official duties for professional capacity building. He has 18 research papers published in the national and international journals and many research proceedings published national and international seminar and workshop. Besides, attending national events, he attended many international events where he provided valuable opinion on development administration, good governance, development policies and regulations.

Ms Indranee Rajah is the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office. She is also Second Minister for Finance, and Second Minister for National Development. Ms Rajah has been the Leader of the House since 2020. She has been a Member of Parliament for the Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2001. She practiced as a lawyer and Senior Counsel before joining the Government.

Under her Finance portfolio, Ms Rajah co-chaired the Working Group on Legal and Accounting Services, a sub-committee of the 2016 Committee on the Future Economy, the recommendations of which are aimed at transforming the legal and accounting industries in Singapore and catalysing the internationalisation of such professional services. She oversees infrastructure Asia, the Singapore government platform that connects infrastructure demand and supply in the region. Additionally, she facilitates Singapore’s partnerships with key Multilateral Development Banks, such as the World Bank Group, the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, to catalyse private and blended finance solutions for maximal developmental impact in the region.

Under her National Development portfolio, Ms Rajah oversees the Centre for Liveable Cities and chairs the World Cities’ Summit, bringing together government leaders and industry experts to address liveable and sustainable city challenges. She guides the review of Singapore’s long-term land-use planning and development of policies for urban development. She also guides the development of strategies for HDB’s Green Towns Programme, and NParks' greenery efforts as part of Singapore's transformation into a City in Nature. Ms Rajah is also currently looking into sustainability and sustainable infrastructure as new growth drivers for professional services, together with the Professional Services Programme Office (PSPO) and Infrastructure Asia.

Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Barrister-at-Law, is the Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). On 1st February 2020, he was elected as the Mayor of Dhaka South. He took office on 16th May 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic and immediately led to administer 10 million doses of corona vaccines to Dhaka South city dwellers within a short span of time. He was awarded the Seoul Smart City Prize 2023 in the Leadership Category in World Cities Summit Mayors Forum 2023 for inclusion of smart city features in infrastructure development, increasing Tax to GDP ratio by ensuring easier online tax collection without increasing tax rate and mitigation of climate impacts and natural disasters through establishing Emergency Operation Center. Under his leadership, DSCC has received the UN-Habitat SDG Silver Certificate under the program of SDG Cities Global Initiative for acceleration of global sustainable development goals at the local level with an emphasis on leaving no one and no place behind. Earlier he was elected Member of Parliament for three consecutive terms from 2008 to 2020. As Member of Parliament, he was the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions and Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committees on Estimates, Ministry for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources and Ministry for Food during different period of his tenure and oversaw the activities of the government to ensure good governance and transparency. 

Dhaka South is one of the few cities which has prepared and adopted Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2023-2050. The City is committed to 
(1) Urban Nature Declaration; and 
(2) Zero Waste Accelerator

DSCC has taken aggressive initiatives to make Dhaka South more sustainable and resilient to climate change impacts, which include: 
(1) massive tree plantations along about 50 kilometers of river and canal embankments thereby increasing the City's forestry area to 25%; 
(2) enhancing about three times the City's parks, fields and open green spaces; 
(3) reducing methane gas emission by establishing Waste to Energy plant, compost and bio-gas plants; and 
(4) reducing fossil fuel consumption by constructing about 50 kilometers of new walkways and about 44 kilometers of new bicycle lanes.

Sim Vireak is an Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and Deputy Secretary General of the General Secretariat of the Committee on Economic and Financial Policy (with equivalent rank of Secretary of State). He is also a member of the Supreme National Economic Council (SNEC).

He was awarded the Monbukagakusho Scholarship in Japan, earning a bachelor's degree from Hitotsubashi University and a master's degree from the University of Tokyo in international politics.

He began his government career in 2007 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC). Until 2022, he held various positions in MFAIC, the last position being Director-General of the General Department of ASEAN during Cambodia's ASEAN Chairmanship in 2022. He was assigned to the Cambodian Embassy in Tokyo from 2010 to 2014. He joined the MEF in 2023 and his current portfolios include public-private partnerships and policy issues under the Committee on Economic and Financial Policy. He maintains a blog: https://simvireak.blogspot.com/

As a former of deputy director general of Department of Housing and Urban Planning, I has dedicated my career to improving infrastructure and sustainable living through various initiatives. I understand that the growth of cities is connected to the environment, and I actively collaborates with local government and organization to implement environmentally friendly policies and practice.

Education:
• 2003-2005: MSc Urban Environmental Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand, 2005
• 1999-2003: Diploma of Business Study (English and Business Studies), Lao-American College, Vientiane, Lao PDR
• 1993-1998: Bachelor of Science (Architecture), National University of Lao P.D.R.

Employment Record:
• Present-2023: DDG of Department of Housing and Urban Planning (DHUP), supervise the work of organization-Administration and Planning
• 2023-2021: Head of Planning and Cooperation Division (DHUP).
• 1999-2021: Team Leader/Architect and Urban Planner at Public Works and Transport Institute (PTI), MPWT

Harsh Agrawal is a Senior Partner at I Squared Capital, focusing on the firm’s infrastructure strategy in Asia and is based in Singapore He is responsible for the firm’s investments across Asia Pacific.

Harsh brings more than 23 years of financial services and investing experience. At I Squared Capital, Harsh manages investments across India, Australia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines and Japan. These include investments in the transportation, renewables, environmental and digital infrastructure sectors.

He has led several investments in Asia for ISQ, including Cube Highways, a $4bn operating toll road platform, Amplus Solar, a distributed solar business, city gas, utilities Think Gas and AG&P, HEXA Renewables platform across Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, Philippines and India and the investment in Clean Energy Fuels Australia. In the digital infrastructure sector, investments include BDX, ISQ’s pan Asia data center business and fixed line investments in HGC and Lightstorm.

Prior to joining I Squared Capital in 2013, Harsh served for 12 years in various roles at Morgan Stanley. During his career at Morgan Stanley, he was involved in strategic transactions and financings for transportation and infrastructure companies in North America, evaluating growth capital opportunities for companies, and financing infrastructure projects as part of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure (MSI).

Harsh holds dual degrees in computer science and economics from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Rakhi has over 18 years of work experience in infrastructure financing and banking space and is based in Singapore.

She has worked extensively on transactions across APAC region in energy and infrastructure space. Currently she leads the India Business for structured finance department of SMBC across sectors.

Prior to joining SMBC in 2008, Rakhi has worked with SBI Capital Markets Ltd., and PWC in India. 

Lawrence is a seasoned ESG advisor and energy transition expert, who brings over fifteen years’ experience at the nexus of finance and Asia’s energy transition. Lawrence leads Climate Smart Ventures, a transaction advisory firm specializing in harnessing the full spectrum of financing to deliver capital market-driven solutions that retire fossil fuel-fired plants and replace them with renewables in the context of rapidly growing South and Southeast Asia. Prior to this role, he has served as a Senior Advisor for a range of Fortune 500 companies, family offices, and development projects in Asia and Africa cutting across themes such as clean energy, fisheries, innovative financing, SME development, and digital inclusion. To date, Lawrence has the unique achievement of having led transactions that have resulted in fossil fuel divestments, blended finance facilities, and award-winning partnerships, that have altogether unlocked over USD 100M in sustainable investments. Lawrence was Director for Asia for a frontier markets consulting firm, and senior manager at a leading global renewable energy company. He was a member of the Philippine Delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) from 2009-2012 negotiating on issues related to financing, and climate change mitigation.

Lawrence completed his EMBA from the Asian Institute of Management, and has diplomas on Behavioral Finance from Yale University, and Experimental Design for Business Innovation from the Stockholm School of Economics. He finished his undergraduate studies with a specialization in natural resources management from the Australian National University.

Engr. Balajadia is the key project lead of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority, a government-owned and controlled corporation in the Philippines under the Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines — for the implementation of the water supply and wastewater utility projects in New Clark City.

Equipped with integrity and more than 10 years of expertise in the fields of geology, water infrastructure, and utilities — Her major role is to identify the  potential projects to develop in BCDA properties which require water and wastewater infrastructure such as New Clark City and Poro Point Marine Highlands, among others. 

Engr. Balajadia served as the one in-charge of the construction, monitoring, and development of the major water supply and wastewater infrastructure during the successful conduct of the 2019 SouthEast Asian Games hosted by the Philippines in New Clark City.

Kitty is an impact-driven leader passionate about catalysing system transitions towards achieving net-zero economies at scale. As Vice President, Asia ex-India at GEAPP, Kitty leads a team in identifying and executing opportunities to catalyse investment in critical solutions to decarbonizing the region. Kitty draws on her extensive experience in the private sector and working at the nexus of business, policy and finance to enable disruptive technologies and business models to thrive. Prior to joining GEAPP, Kitty served as Asia Chief Representative for Impossible Foods, a Silicon Valley-based leader in the plant-based meat sector. She earlier launched the China program for the Rocky Mountain Institute’s work in energy transition, and launched a new renewable energy practice at the European Climate Foundation.

Director Marissa Cerezo has been working in the energy sector for more than 25 years. She was appointed as Director IV of the Renewable Energy Management Bureau (REMB) on 11 January 2023. Director Cerezo oversees the implementation of the Renewable Energy Act of 2008 (RE Act) and its Implementing Guidelines and Regulations as well as development of new policies and strategies to meet the objectives of the RE Act through greater promotion, exploration, commercialization, and utilization of RE and promotion of the biofuels program in the country.

She serves as DOE's official representative to various international events such as the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), APEC Expert Group on New and Renewable Technology (EGNRET), ASEAN Renewable Energy-Sub Sector Network (RE-SSN). She is also the alternate representative to the Philippine National Oil Company — Renewables Corporation (PNOC-RC) Board.

Director Cerezo graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Geology and Bachelor of Laws in 1991 and 2003, respectively

Eric Chan is Head of Corporate Development in YCH Group, he manages strategic projects and long-term partnership opportunities, identifies and develops new business models, builds and maintains business relationships with key stakeholders for the Group.

He also serves as the Lead for SGConnect, a legacy project under ASEAN Business Advisory Council. In this capacity, Eric helps advance the ASEAN vision of modern resilient logistics infrastructure in the region by working with investors and stakeholders.

Previously, Eric was the Head of Business Development at Swire Pacific Cold Storage, a member of the founding executive team that built an international-standard cold storage business in China serving top-tier global clients. Before that He was the North Asia Head of Supply Chain for AkzoNobel Decorative Paints, where he operated and grew a complex supply chain network in one of its fastest-growing markets.

Prior to joining YCH, Eric was a Partner at a digital start-up and worked for XNode and SDTA as Entrepreneur-in-residence where he provided advice and guidance to corporate innovation programmes and SMEs in the technology space. 

Shemane, a qualified lawyer in both Singapore and Malaysia, specialises in project and front-end construction work and has an MSc in Built Environment (Construction Economics and Management). Her projects include acting for a contractor on the engineering, procurement, installation, testing and commissioning of submarine high voltage power cable for the import of renewable energy into Singapore, advising a sponsor on a 280 MWp solar project in Bangladesh, advising on the development and project financing of the first hydrogen-ready 600 MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Singapore, acting for a bidder on its bid to import renewable energy into Singapore and advising on the development of a battery energy storage system project in Singapore (one of the largest in South East Asia). She has also advised an airport operator on the grant of concession to operate and maintain a co-generation plant to supply electricity and chilled water to an international airport in Malaysia, advised the preferred bidder on the development of a sea water desalination plant on a DBOO basis in Jurong Island, Singapore and advised the master developer for One Bangkok on the development of certain utility infrastructure on a DBOFT basis.

Shemane is named Projects and Energy Lawyer of the Year in the Legal 500 Southeast Asia Award 2023. She has also been recommended by Legal 500, Chambers Asia Pacific and International Financial Law Review1000 since 2014 for her area of practice. In addition, Shemane is listed as one of Singapore’s top 100 lawyers by the Asia Business Law Journal and is named as one of the Women Leaders by IFLR Women Leaders 2023. Shemane is described as “simply the best infrastructure lawyer in Singapore”. She is also known for having “strong negotiation skills, commercial awareness and a "client-focused"” approach.

CHAO Sopheak Phibal promoted to the current position last February this year as the Director General of the General Department of Sewerage and Wastewater Management, GDSWM of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.

Born in 1975 in Kampot province, obtained his DBA in USA and his Master Degree in Infrastructure Management from Yokohama National University, YNU Japan in 2003 and acquired his Bsc in civil engineering from the Institute of Technology of Cambodia in 1998. His key roles and responsibilities are to coordinate, supports and seek funds from DPs, contributors, private sectors and legal sources of funds to develop sewerage system, wastewater system, solid waste landfill and sludge treatment plants.

Currently, he also works as a Project Director of Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project, WaSSIP extended to 2025, financed by the World Bank with the government counterpart budget. The Project Development Objective is to increase access to piped water supply and improved sanitation services and strengthen the operational performance of service providers in selected towns and/or communes. He is also the member and focal person in several key local and international bodies working on urban water supply and sanitation sector such as ASEAN Wastewater Management Partnership, AWaP and SubTWG on urban wastewater and sanitation.

Isabel is the Regional Industry Director, Infrastructure and Natural Resources, Asia and Pacific, based in Singapore. For seven years prior to her current role, Isabel was the Regional Manager for PPP Transaction Advisory Services, initially for South Asia based in Delhi, and subsequently in Singapore as her mandate expanded to cover all Asia Pacific for the last four years. Isabel spent four years in IFC’s Subnational Finance unit where she worked in deal origination, structuring and supervision of debt and structured finance products in more than six countries in LAC.

Before joining IFC, Isabel held various positions in World Bank operations in the urban sector in the Middle East and North Africa region, the water sector in Latin America, and the transport, power and urban sector in South Asia. Before joining the World Bank in 2001, Isabel worked in emerging markets and Western Europe for WS Atkins in the UK as Senior Management Consultant; working on infrastructure finance in Thailand, Argentina, Barbados, Qatar, the UK, and Europe.

Isabel, a civil engineer by training, holds an MBA and a PhD from the University of Birmingham (UK).

Business professional with more than 28yrs of International Business Experience with diverse roles handling various functions in General Management, Corporate Strategy, Sales & Project Management

Current Position: 
President of Black & Veatch for Asia Pacific & India region, leads the region providing Engineering & full EPC solutions across all infrastructure projects covering Power, Gas, LNG, Ammonia, Green Hydrogen, Chemicals, Data Centers, Food & Beverage, Industrial & Manufacturing; Mining; Telecommunications; Transportation, Clean Transportation, EV Charging, Water etc. 

Previous Positions:
• Executive Vice President & Managing Director – Black & Veatch, Asia Pacific Region with leadership responsibility for the entire portfolio.
• Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Power Asia/ India, Black & Veatch
• Head of Distribution System Business Unit South East Asia, Siemens
• Head of Future Grid Business Segment ASEAN Pacific, Siemens
• President Mindsphere World Association for ASEAN Pacific
• Head of Corporate Strategy & Business Excellence for Siemens South East Asia
• Segment CEO & Global Head of EHouse & Module business, Dresser Rand a Siemens Business
• Global Head of Business Solution Line for Oil & Gas Business, Siemens Oil & Gas
• Regional Sales Head for Oil & Gas Solutions covering APAC region, Siemens Oil & Gas
• Project Manager handling various Industrial & infrastructure projects

With over 25 years working in the public sector, H.E. CHHIENG Pich had become the Director General, General Department of Logistics and Head of the Secretariat of National Logistics Council since 2017. He has been appointed as Senior Transport Officials Meeting (STOM) Leader for Cambodia in late 2020.

Prior to this top civil servant position, H.E. CHHIENG Pich held various key positions in the Royal Government such as National Project Director of Trade Development Support Program (TDSP) supported by European Union and World Bank, National Project Director of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) supported by World Trade Organization (WTO), Commercial Counselor at the Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Singapore Counselor at the Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Washington DC for six years. Moreover, H.E.  CHHIENG Pich had also supervised a number of National Master Plans development, including Logistics Master Plan with support from JICA and the World Bank, and the Comprehensive Intermodal Transport and Logistics System Master Plan, which has recently been adopted by the Royal Government of Cambodia

Marlistya Citraningrum is a senior analyst at the Institute for Essential Services Reform, specializing in energy access, sub-national cooperation, solar policy and landscape, gender mainstreaming, strategic stakeholder engagement, and community development. On a daily basis, she manages the Sustainable Energy Access program in IESR. She currently leads IESR’s Bali NZE 2045 initiative.

Darren Chua joined Summit Power international in 2021. His responsibility includes spearheading business development and M&A activities in Bangladesh, South and Southeast Asia for the biggest IPP of Bangladesh. This includes opportunities in transitional power, renewables power and cross-border infrastructure needs in the region. Darren, over the past 15years, has been active, in both private and public investment capital deployment into power & utility, green & sustainable and digital infrastructure assets across APAC.

He is a CFA and CAIA charter holder while he is also active chapter leader in the CAIA Singapore Chapter and have provided advisory to CFA content on infrastructure and sustainability investment. He further sits on the investment committee of Vynn Capital, a leading Southeast Asia venture capital looking to early-stage technology platform investment.

Mike has deep knowledge of sustainable infrastructure across the built environment and the need & drivers for decarbonisation within the sector, working both trade and policy agendas with variety of stakeholders across government agencies and supply chains.

Mike has a long track record of business development and strategic engagement in emerging markets in APAC and EMEA regions.

Expertise across energy and infrastructure investing, construction, and asset management, ranging from small-cap to billion-dollar tickets across Europe, the UK, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Country Manager for India at EDF. Previously, held the position of Chief Financial Officer - Asia Pacific, where he was responsible for strategic relationships with institutional debt and equity providers, deal structuring, asset management, and overseeing financial performance.

In his earlier roles, led the investment lifecycle of a diverse portfolio in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, as well as spearheading value creation and innovation for offshore low-carbon assets in the UK and Europe. Before his tenure at EDF, advised corporations, academic institutions, and government bodies on offshore renewables. Board member across ten corporate boards, has authored over ten blind peer-reviewed research articles and practitioner publications focusing on offshore construction operations, supply-chain risk, and energy policy. Holds a doctorate with a thesis on offshore wind energy and has been a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. CFA charter-holder

Javier is an infrastructure and finance specialist with over 20 years’ experience in infrastructure delivery, corporate & project finance and management consulting. Javier co-manages the IPA's international advisory and training programmes, and regularly advises governments on the development and implementation of PPP units and policy, and on the planning, delivery and financing of infrastructure programmes and projects. Prior to IPA, Javier worked in the financial and business services industry, undertaking strategy consulting and corporate finance assignments in France, UK, Switzerland, China and India. Javier holds an MBA and M.A. in economics and finance.

A consistent Valedictorian and Awardee during his high school and elementary education. He graduated Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering on October 1988 at the University of the Visayas and passed the Civil Engineering Licensure Examination on November 1988. Further, he completed his Master of Business Administration in 2007 at the University of Southeastern Philippines, Davao City Philippines.

Experienced in Project and Organizational Management, he was previously employed at PICOP Resources, Incorporated the Asia’s Biggest Paper Company located in Bislig City, Philippines as a Construction Engineer in 1989, Project Engineer in 1991, and Production Supervisor in 1997. With a great drive to serve the public, he was employed at Bislig City Water District, a Government-Owned and Controlled Corporation, Big Water Utility located in Bislig City, Philippines as a Project Engineer in 2002, promoted to Division Manager in 2003, and again promoted to Department Manager in 2010 up to the present. Engr. Ike R. Escudero was appointed as Bids and Awards Committee chairman of BCWD since 2020 to present and currently appointed as Pre-qualification Bids and Awards Committee chairman for the procurement process of the Mega Project of BCWD particularly, the Bislig City Bulk Water Supply and Septage Management project.

Dr. Leonard Flores, a 47-year old Filipino technocrat, is currently the City Economic Manager of the local government of General Santos (GenSan) City in the Philippines. He is the head of the City Economic Management and Cooperative Development Office, Chairperson of the Competitiveness Cluster, and acts as the City Quality Management Representative.

A licensed Urban and Environmental Planner, he was engaged in the development of the GenSan City Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development Masterplan, which has now started the implementation of a number of component projects, and is currently working on the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan.

He also champions sustainable investment with emphasis on green technology, inclusive business model, rural economic development, and iconic architecture. Presently, he is busy assisting the local government of GenSan in the crafting of the 2027-2036 Comprehensive Land Use Plan.

Aside from making himself available to local and international research and technical conventions, Dr. Flores continues to enhance his expertise by serving as a Visiting Professor to the Graduate Schools of the Mindanao State University, the Notre Dame of Marbel University, the National Police College, and the Development Academy of the Philippines for the fields of sustainable development, public administration and governance, and quality management system. 

Julia Fraser is the World Bank Director for Singapore which is one of the largest co-located operational hubs for the World Bank, IFC and MIGA.  The focus of the World Bank Singapore Office is to strengthen partnerships with counterparts in Singapore and to bring innovations to the East Asia and Pacific and South Asia Regions, particularly in the areas of infrastructure and sustainable development.

Ms. Fraser has more than 25 years’ experience in the World Bank, including on energy, transport, private sector participation in infrastructure, public-private partnerships, and climate change finance. Prior to her current role, Ms. Fraser was the Practice Manager for Energy in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region from 2020-2023 based in Pretoria, the Practice Manager for Energy in East Asia and Pacific Region from 2014-2019 based in Bangkok/Singapore, and the Sector Manager for Sustainable Development in Southeast Asia from 2012-2014 based in Bangkok.  Prior to her move to East Asia, she spent 12 years working in South Asia, including five years leading the Bank’s efforts on the energy sector in Afghanistan where she was based in Kabul.  Ms. Fraser holds a Master of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University, USA.  

Jerome is Chair of Arup Group, a global employee-owned consultancy of designers, engineers, advisors and experts who come together to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to shape safe, inclusive and resilient communities and cities.

Jerome is an internationally recognised expert in urban planning, major events, and economic development, and has led and delivered major projects that set new standards for sustainable development.

He has worked on large-scale urban, transport and reconstruction projects globally. As Head of Design and Regeneration for the Olympic Delivery Authority he played a leading part in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and has been formally recognised for his services to Urban Regeneration.

Previously she served as Head of Resources Energy and Infrastructure at Australian and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ Bank) (2015-2020), Director of Natural Resources Group Indonesia at Australian and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ Bank) (2013-2015), Team Head of Mining and Energy Group at Bank CIMB Niaga (2010-2013), Vice President for Corporate Banking Group at Bank CIMB Niaga (2007-2010), Relationship Manager of Loan Workout Division at Indonesia Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) (1999-2004), and Assistant Manager of Investment Banking Department at Ficorinvest Bank (1996-1999)

Pritha Hariram is the Head of the Water Infrastructure and Climate Adaptation department at Ramboll Singapore. Prior to joining Ramboll, Pritha led the development and financing of bankable water projects for the Dutch Development Financial Institution, FMO across Asia, Africa and Latin America. Other positions held by Pritha, was the global lead for the Water Supply and Sanitation Services program at the International Water Association (IWA) and Urban Development Specialist with the Asian Development Bank where her primary role was to lead the identification, development, implementation and administration of large loans and grants for urban water and sanitation programs in South Asia. Pritha is an experienced environmental engineer with over 20 years of experience in the management of drinking water and wastewater systems to safeguard public health and build resilience to climate change.  Over half of her career has been dedicated in accelerating finance across the value chain to ensure access to resilient water and sanitation for all. 

Suthy Heng is a highly experienced expert in remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and waterway-maritime transport. Holding a Master of Science degree in Remote Sensing and GIS from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, Suthy brings extensive technical knowledge and experience to his role as a Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport in Cambodia. His diverse expertise spans leading national and international projects related to waterway-maritime transport, hydrography, flood mapping, and environmental impact assessment. Suthy has served as a National Flood Mapping and Modeling Specialist for the Mekong River Commission Secretariat, where he developed modeling and GIS tools for flood mapping and supervised fieldwork for topographic and bathymetric teams. 

With a strong background in policy and strategic planning on hydrography, as well as experience in project management, Suthy has contributed to numerous projects, including developing high-level policy and strategic planning on hydrography, supervising hydrographic studies, and advising on legal development for waterway and maritime transport. His impressive portfolio includes coordinating international projects, formulating projects for submission to development partners, and authoring several technical publications on sustainable management and development in the Mekong River Basin. Suthy's technical acumen, leadership, and comprehensive understanding of waterway and maritime issues make him a key contributor to advancing these sectors in Cambodia and the wider region. 

Alex Holmes is Regional Director, Asia Pacific for the Economist Intelligence Unit and is based in Singapore. His focus is macroeconomic research, both deep country-level analysis and delving into the cross-cutting themes affecting Asia. Being situated in a region where external trade plays such an oversized role in the economy, Alex takes a particular interest in related issues, including supply chain reconfiguration, models of export-led development and the global electronics cycle. Prior to the EIU, Alex was Lead Economist at Oxford Economics, following stints at Capital Economics, ICAP, Barclays Bank and the UK Government Economics Service.

Mark has over 30 years of energy sector experience, including 25+ years consulting and research experience in Asia. He has expertise in strategic advice, finance, M&A, contract negotiations and due diligence in the power & renewables, and oil & gas sectors.

Mark is Director, APAC, for the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). Mark works with GWEC members in Asia and globally to represent the wind industry in policy and regulatory discussions across the region. GWEC convenes meetings with key stakeholders, providing fact-based analysis and guidance to help shape policies that affect the wind industry.

Mark is a trained economist with a masters in public policy from Harvard University in energy regulation.

William has a decade of experience in the energy transition. 

Having joined Green Giraffe in 2014, William is a Director in the Singapore office and leads advisory in the energy transition across the Asia-Pacific region.

Over the past 10 years William has led transactions and tenders across four continents, with a particular focus on offshore wind. Recent experience includes advising the winning bidder in the second Japanese offshore wind tender and a capital raise for an Australian offshore wind developer. 

William has been particularly active in the Taiwanese offshore wind industry, advising on two debt restructurings, a primary financing and multiple M&A transactions, and has successfully advised on each Taiwanese offshore wind tender to-date. 

Previously based in London, William has been involved in numerous debt and M&A transactions in bioenergy, solar, onshore and offshore wind, including supporting the financing of the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm. Prior to joining Green Giraffe, William worked in the oil & gas team for a multinational engineering firm. 

William holds an MEng in mechanical engineering from Imperial College London.

Eduardo joined the Asia Pacific team in 2020 and took up his current role, with responsibility for Mainstream’s business development and expansion in the region, in June 2021.

Previously, he was part of the Group’s Central Commercial team.

He has worked in the renewable energy sector since 2010, with a focus on business development and project finance transactions in emerging markets.

To date, he has closed more than 4,000 MW (gross), with cumulative deal values in excess of USD 1 billion in South America, Southern Africa and Southeast Asia.

Before joining Mainstream in 2017, he worked with FBP Investments, leading market entry in Indonesia in 2011 and developing the country’s first utility-scale solar PV project, and spent time as a Senior Consultant with KPMG Advisory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a focus on the energy sector.

Eduardo holds a BSc in International Economics from Universita’ Bocconi (Italy), an MA in International Studies from the University of Vienna (Austria) and is fluent in English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and French.

An internationally recognized thought leader and expert in bioclimatic design, Prashant Kapoor is a passionate advocate for solutions that align the interests of developers, financial institutions, governments and homeowners to create more sustainable cities. He is the entrepreneur who created EDGE (“Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies”), a universal standard, software application and certification system to mainstream resource-efficient buildings in nearly 140 countries.

Currently, Prashant is leading the APEX Green Cities Program that supports cities to transition to low-carbon and resource-efficient growth pathways. As a part of the Program, he has developed the APEX online app that allows cities to map out different action plans and evaluate their cost, feasibility, and impact. Under his leadership, IFC has created a green buildings portfolio that totals more than $6 billion.

Prior to joining IFC, Mr. Kapoor worked as a director at WSP consultants in London. There he led the engineering planning of Masdar City, an innovative zero-carbon city under construction in Abu Dhabi, and developed the Dubai Urban Development Framework, including a green building regulatory system for the city.

Mr. Kapoor holds architecture degrees from Manipal Institute of Technology (India) and a master’s degree in energy-efficient building from Oxford Brooks University (UK).

25 years in project development & management/execution including M&A, advisory & consulting, investment, greenfield development, EPC and O&M – mainly in infrastructure and utilities at private sector side, especially water, waste management, power and renewable, transportation etc. with a wide range of experience in various deals and projects across Japan, Asia, Australia, Middle East, UK, Europe, and Latin America.

Some selected projects:

• Bristol Water, UK
• South Tyne & Wear EfW, U
• Victoria Desalination PPP, Melbourne, Australia
• Consorcio Agua Azul water treatment plant BOT, Peru
• Anhui Guozhen Environmental Protection Science and Technology Co. Ltd., China
• Suisei Corporation, Japan
• Tanomori water treatment works O&M, Japan
• Shuweihat water transmission pipeline, UAE
• Kooragang Water, Australia
• Airport concession deals in Japan (Takamatsu, Fukuoka, Nanki-Shirahama etc.)

Dr Koh Chaik Ming is a Senior Research Fellow at Institute of Operations Research and Analytics (IORA), National University of Singapore (NUS) where he focuses on food supply chain resilience and cold chain. He was formerly Asian CEO of China’s largest import platform for frozen protein as well as shareholder representative for a listed logistics REIT. 

Before that, Dr Koh was GM of Shell Marine Products for Asia Pacific & Middle East where he ran a US$2 billion portfolio and GM New BD for Shell China. Prior to Shell, he spent nine years with Temasek Holdings, both as the Head of Aviation and Logistics investments and first Shanghai Chief Representative. Before that, he ran M&Ms/Mars chocolate and petfood supply chain in China in the early nineties.

Dr Koh is an alumnus of INSEAD MBA, Harvard Business School AMP and Singapore Management University (SMU) DBA program. He is also on the board of SMU Academy, Dunman High School and Foodbank Singapore. He recently contributed to the latest book “Global Supply Chains in a Glocal World: The Impact of Covid-19 and Digitalisation” by World Scientific and “Real Estate Assets: To Build or not to Build” article published on SMU Asian Management Insights.

Nishant Kumar joined GuarantCo’s Singapore office in November 2016 as Executive Director and was Regional Director for South Asia since January 2019 where he led origination and execution of transactions in the region. In June 2020, Nishant became Managing Director of Asia.

Prior to GuarantCo, Nishant worked across functions in Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking and in Renewable Energy Private Equity where he led origination and execution of infrastructure, natural resources, agriculture, food & beverages, consumer transactions and investments across Asia-Pacific.

Nishant started his financial services career in Hong Kong and subsequently moved to Singapore where he has been living since 2010. Nishant has an MBA from University of Hong Kong & London Business School programme and a Bachelor of Technology in Mining Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, BHU (Varanasi), India.

Jae is MIGA’s Head of India Office, based in New Delhi, responsible for developing MIGA’s credit enhancement and political risk insurance business in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and other countries in South Asia.  Jae joined MIGA in 2012 as an underwriter in the Infrastructure team based in Washington D.C., focusing on the water and transportation sectors. In 2016, Jae moved to Seoul, South Korea to lead MIGA’s business origination efforts in North Asia region. 

Prior to joining MIGA, Jae worked at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore and Seoul, where he provided project and export finance solutions for infrastructure projects in Asia, Middle East and Africa. Jae also worked at Samsung C&T in the Project Development team from 2004 to 2006. 

Jae earned an MBA from INSEAD in 2009 and a BA in Political Science and Economics from Yonsei University in 2004. 

Nhi Lam obtained her Bachelor in Banking and Finance from Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2003 and became ACCA Member (UK) since 2009

Starting her career as Auditor in Big 4 firms, which are KPMG and PwC Vietnam for first 5 years, she has subsequently advanced her next 16-year career path in both multinational and local companies. She is an ethical and resourceful Head of Finance holding various finance controlling and management roles in diversified business sectors across O&G, FMCG, Distribution and Logistics such as DNV Vietnam, ICP Vietnam (now Marico), Porsche Vietnam, DHL Supply Chain Vietnam and Grove Group.

At the Green Solutions (TGS), a pioneering developer of Green Ammonia/Hydrogen manufacturing plant in Vietnam, she is responsible for fund raising, managing the Company’s fund and investments and monitoring custodial activities.

Marie LAM-FRENDO is the Chief Strategy Officer of Meridiam, a European equity investment fund, with 20bn AUM, focusing on sustainable infrastructure in developed and developing economies. She has 23 years of experience spanning the development, financing, and public policy for infrastructure projects, as well as almost 10 years of experience in general management.

From 2019 to 2023, Marie was the CEO of the Global Infrastructure Hub, the leading G20 agency for infrastructure, advising the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on public policies and program development to boost infrastructure investment in emerging economies. From 2015 to 2018, she was the MD and Head of Asia-Pacific for Atkins Acuity, the advisory services business of the SNCL group, helping clients with infrastructure project strategy and finance. Prior to that, Marie headed the Infrastructure Initiatives department of the World Economic Forum (WEF) (2011-2014), where she led their thought leadership activities, publishing reports on best practices in the infrastructure sector and advocating them at the B20 and COP.

She started her career in 2001 and held numerous commercial and technical positions at various European utility providers (Alpiq, Essent, RWE, etc.), where her expertise spanned arch dam design to business development and equity investment activities in LNG and renewables (solar, biomass, hydro) in the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia.

She holds an MSc in Civil Engineering from EPF, an MSc in Marketing and Strategy from ESCP-EAP (Paris), and an MSc in Management and Leadership from WEF (in partnership with LBS and INSEAD). She is also a WEF Global Leadership Fellow.

Joan Larrea is the CEO of Convergence, the global network for blended finance, and an expert in catalyzing investment in places that need it most. She has over 25 years of experience in emerging markets investing, including at the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC, now the Development Finance Corporation), the Global Environment Fund, and the International Finance Corporation. Since 2016, Joan’s leadership has driven Convergence to become a global independent authority for blended finance. As CEO, Joan ensures Convergence continues to grow the field of blended finance through its products and services and accelerates the flow of private capital into SDG projects across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

• Seasoned CEO of POSH, with more than 15 years experience managing a fleet of over 140 offshore support vessels
• Board of Director of PaxOcean, a leading provider of offshore rigs and vessels
• Spearheaded establishment of POSH Kerry Renewables, Asia’s first dedicated offshore wind support player, with experience penetrating Taiwan offshore wind market, a well-known cabotage minefield
• Chairman, Offshore and Renewable Energy Committee, Singapore Shipping Association (SSA)

Xiangnan is an Executive Director in DBS’ Project Finance team. He has over 16 years of experience in project / structured financing. He has been leading project/structured finance deals in the power and infrastructure, oil and gas, mining & metals sectors across Asia.

Xiangnan was based in Beijing, China for four years and set up the China project & export finance team focusing on Chinese clients investing overseas, particularly in Southeast Asia.

Prior to DBS, Xiangnan was an investment analyst in a private equity firm for over two years.

As the Head of CPG Healthcare, Mr Frankie Lim leads a team that provides creative, innovative, and sustainable health-oriented developments, bringing together the company's breadth and depth of expertise in designing and implementing urban, health, wellness, social, and ecological infrastructure.

Frankie started his career as an architect and has designed and delivered mega public buildings in Singapore such as the New Phoenix Park (2000), Retrofitting of the Environment Building (2003), Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (2010), SGH Academia (2012), Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, and Jurong Community Hospital (2015), and the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (2018).

Through his extensive experience overseas, which included a 2-year posting to CPG Shanghai, he expanded CPG’s practice to include health-oriented developments in China, India, UAE, Pakistan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan. A firm believer in salutogenic design, he has also built up a portfolio of health and wellness developments with environmental concerns.

Mark Lim is a Vice President in the Infrastructure team at GIC. He began his career and has been with the team since 2013, and is focused on infrastructure investment opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region. Mark also spent a year in London covering European Infrastructure opportunities, and has experience investing in funds, equity and credit investments across multiple geographies. He currently coordinates the team’s equity investments in Southeast Asia and Australia, as well as credit investment efforts in Asia-Pacific. 

Mark holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wee Seng oversees the Energy, Renewables and Infrastructure (ERI) industry coverage group, Strategic Advisory Group, Project Finance Group and Sustainability Group at the Institutional Banking Group of DBS Bank. He was formerly also a Director on the board of DBS China Ltd and was also the Country Head of DBS Vietnam from 2016 to 2021. Wee Seng played an integral role in the establishment of DBS’ project finance business, having set up the team in 2010. Within a decade, the franchise is now well-recognized as one of Asia’s leading project finance advisory banks. It was awarded Project Finance Advisory House of the Year (Asia-Pacific) by The Asset consecutively for 3 years from 2021 – 2023 and also in 2019. It has also been named Best Project Finance House (Asia Pacific) by Finance Asia from 2021-2023 and was awarded Best Financial Adviser (Asia-Pacific) in the IJGlobal Awards 2020 and 2022. In addition, he is also a founding member of Clifford Capital, a specialist finance company set up to address gaps in the project and structured asset-backed finance markets. He has been deeply involved in project financing and M&A in Asia, covering projects in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Australia, Singapore, India, China, Taiwan and South Korea. His sector experience includes power (both merchant and IPP/Captive models), renewables, PPPs and oil and gas (including LNG).

Lu Yang is an Executive Director within the Standard Chartered Clean Technology Investment Banking team and leading the team’s efforts in SEA and Taiwan. He has originated and executed over USD10bn of Clean Technology transactions with Standard Chartered over the last decade. The Clean Technology team looks at four sub-verticals: 1) Renewable Energy, 2) Environmental Solutions, 3) E-Mobility and 4) Green Hydrogen, and involved in M&A, project finance, DCM, leverage finance and mezzanine financing situations.

Yi-Hua has more than 15 years of experience in investment banking, energy, utilities, infrastructure and renewables investment and development. He started his professional career in Australia, before moving to the UK and is currently based in Singapore.

Yi-Hua has been working for Corio’s parent company Macquarie Group since 2014 and has played a key role in numerous of Macquarie’s (and subsequently Corio’s) offshore wind projects. Yi-Hua is responsible for Corio’s greenfield and early-stage projects across the Asia Pacific region including Australia, Japan, Taiwan, India, Vietnam, and the Philippines. He is also responsible for the overall management of the origination teams in each of these markets, and the formulation and execution of Corio’s growth strategy in the region.

Notable transactions that Yi-Hua has been involved include:
- Acquisition of 50% of 573MW Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm from DONG energy
- Acquisition of 40% of 714MW East Anglia One Offshore Wind Farm from Iberdrola
- Sale of a stake in the Formosa offshore wind projects to JERA
- Leading development of Corio’s greenfield portfolio in APAC

Prior to joining Macquarie and Corio, Yi-Hua worked at JPMorgan and Plenary Group. He holds a Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Actuarial Studies from the Australian National University and Master of Economics from the London School of Economics.

Mukta works with the World Bank Group and has more than 15 years of experience in structuring and mobilizing private capital for infrastructure. Currently she is working as Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist with the Global Infrastructure Facility in Singapore. Prior to that, she was with Asian Development Bank in Manila where she provided advisory services to governments in procuring and structuring PPP contracts. Prior to that, she has worked for a decade with SBI Capital Markets Limited, India where she provided financing advisory to private developers in structuring & financing infrastructure projects across sectors

Zaheer is a partner with over twenty years’ experience working in different phases of infrastructure projects in Europe and Asia. He has worked on engagements both pre- and post-financial close, from business case developments and procurement advisory through to construction and infrastructure asset operations across sectors such as leisure (Stadia), transport, healthcare, power (combined heat and power) and utilities (wastewater treatment). He has worked for both government and private sector clients.

Zaheer has been appointed as an advisor by government sector clients needing advice on their procurement strategy, including PPP vs traditional procurement, market sounding, requests for proposal preparations and evaluations. With private sector clients, Zaheer has been appointed as an advisor to corporates to assist them in the preparation of their bids for submission.

Before joining Americold Mr. Moore spent 3 years with Lineage Logistics as Vice President responsible for Foodservice supply chain optimization. Prior to that, Mathew spent 9 years with CHEP leading the Growth Strategy and Retail Supply Chain Solutions teams – and 3+ years with HD Supply leading the FP&A team for the Plumbing|HVAC business unit.

Mr. Moore holds a MBA from University of South Carolina Moore School of Business and a BS in Business from University of Kansas - with global studies (MBA) at Helsinki School of Economics in Finland and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany.

Muthu joined the Olam Group in July 1997 as Finance Manager of Olam Benin Sarl and was later the Country Financial Controller for Olam Nigeria Ltd for the period July 1998 to August 2000. In September 2000, Muthu was transferred to the Olam International Ltd to spearhead the design, development and implementation of the Group’s proprietary ERP (eSIP) and subsequently to set up the Global IT development centre and Shared Services Group for Olam International in Chennai, India.

Following the completion of various implementations, Muthu was appointed the Head of IT & Shared Services Group for Olam International Ltd in July 2006 which he held until October 2008.

He was then appointed as Senior Vice President & Head of Corporate Affairs for the Group after serving as the Head of Finance for Africa from November 2008 to April 2009. Muthu till January 2016 was the President & Global Head – Corporate Finance and was responsible for the Group’s Management & Financial consolidation of its 200+ subsidiaries across the globe.

Muthu then took over as Group CFO from February 2016 and is responsible for the overall Finance function including Corporate Consolidation & Reporting, BU and Regional Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations, Corporate Secretariat and Tax. Muthu is currently the GCFO of Olam Group Ltd and also CEO – Operations for Olam Global Agri Pte Ltd.

Prior to joining the Group, he was the “Management Accountant” with Fuller India Limited, a subsidiary of F.L. Smidth Group.

Mr Muthukumar obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Madras University, India in March 1991 and qualified as an Associate member (“ACMA)”of The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India in December 1992. He also completed the Advanced Management Programme (“AMP”) from Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania in July 2015. (“WAM68”)

Eileen is a Director in the Plenary origination team based in Singapore. She is responsible for financial advisory and debt arranging for Plenary’s public-private partnership projects.

Prior to joining Plenary, Eileen spent seventeen years across London, Hong Kong and Singapore in execution and syndications for structured finance transactions at Deutsche Bank and Bank of America.

Eileen holds a Masters in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the National University of Singapore.

Spencer Ng is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s Public, Project & Infrastructure Finance team. Based in Singapore, Spencer is responsible for project finance and infrastructure credits, including power utilities, renewables and airports in South and Southeast Asia. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2007, Spencer worked for Ernst & Young Transactions Advisory Services in their Project Finance team. Spencer has also held various analytical and accounting roles at ANZ Bank, JP Morgan and State Street Australia. Spencer holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Master of Commerce from the University of New South Wales. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Ganesh has been with DBS Bank since 2014 in different leadership roles and has led the Project Finance team since 2023. 

Ganesh has over 22 years of banking experience and has worked in advisory and arranging capacity on deals in the power, telecom, ports, and Oil & Gas sectors and across geographies. 

Ganesh is currently advising clients in Project / Structured Finance for Renewable energy (Solar, Onshore Wind, Battery Storage, Offshore Wind and Hydro), LNG to Power, Oil & Gas midstream and Transmission infrastructure projects in the Asia Pacific region. 

Prior to DBS, he worked at Standard Chartered Bank. Ganesh has an MBA in Finance and Bachelor of Engineering.

Andre Permana earned his Bachelor of Engineering majoring in Civil Engineering in 1998 and Master of Engineering in Project Management in 2003, both from University of Indonesia, before earning his Doctorate Degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2012.

Continuing his previous profession related to construction and infrastructure project development, his professional career at PT Penjaminan Infrastruktur Indonesia (Persero) began in 2010. He has held various strategic positions including Head of the Risk and Compliance Division, Head of the BusinessDevelopment Division, CEO Office and most recently served as Executive Vice President of Project Appraisal before being appointed as Director of PT Penjaminan Infrastruktur Indonesia (Persero) in March 2020.

Education:

• Master's Degree in Party and State Building
• Bachelor's Degree in Economic Law
• Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy
• Advanced Political Theory

Awards:

• Third-class Labor Medal of the Government of Vietnam

Professional Experience:

• 2023 - Present: Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council
• 2020 - 2023: Secretary of the District 3 Party Committee
• 2016 - 2022: Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade
• 2015 - 2015: Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade
• 2013 - 2015: Deputy Secretary of the District 1 Party Committee, Chairman of the District 1 People's Committee
• 2009 - 2013: Vice Chairman of the District 1 People's Committee
• 2005 - 2009: Chairman of the Ben Thanh Ward People's Committee, District 1
• 2001 - 2005: Deputy Head of the Internal Affairs Department of District 1
• 2001 - 2003: Secretary of the District 1 Youth Union
• 2000 - 2001: Deputy Head of the Organization and Administration Department of District 1
• 1997 - 2000: Specialist in the Office of the District 1 People's Committee

Tina is a Director at PLP Architecture with over 10 years of experience designing and delivering commercial, residential, and mixed-use projects in the UK and South-East Asia. She has particular expertise in projects involving complex planning and programmatic challenges, as well as specialised experiences in the major renovation of complex early twentieth-century buildings.

Tina is also responsible for the growth and strategic development of our studio in Singapore. This includes overseeing our increasing portfolio of projects in the country, where she is responsible for Park Nova. The award-winning luxury residential development is a lush green tower inspired by biophilia and focuses on the comfort and wellness of the residents. It is currently under construction.

In London, Tina led the design and redevelopment of a key flagship retail space at 425 Oxford Street in Central London. The project involved a complex demolition behind a retained 1930s façade while creating a lifestyle-focused flagship store for a major international brand. Elsewhere in Mayfair, Tina has led the design for several high-spec and luxury office developments, which have included bespoke amenity spaces. She leads and delivers high-quality projects in sensitive conservation areas, including the planning application for the renovation and conversion of outdated offices into high-end housing, close to the Houses of Parliament.

Tina has helped to craft successful competition entries, including those for the Cleveland Clinic in London, on another sensitive site facing Buckingham Palace Gardens, the Assima project, a large mixed-use complex in the Central Business District of Kuwait, and Hung Luen Road, a mixed-use development on a prominent waterfront site in Hong Kong.

Tina received her Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. She completed her MA Architecture at the Royal College of Art and is currently an ongoing mentor to students as a part of the Practice Mentor Scheme. Tina received her BArch from the University of Nottingham.

Alissa is the Deputy Regional Director for East, Southeast Asia and Oceania (ESEAO) at C40 Cities. Her primary role is to engage and support the 13 C40 Member cities across 10 countries on matters relating to their climate change priorities, mitigation and adaptation action planning as well as implementation, while facilitating city-to-city exchanges and encouraging increased climate ambitions of regional cities and their city leaders.

Prior to joining C40, her experience comprised environmental sustainable design consulting, focusing on optimising building and masterplan design for sustainability targets including carbon emission reductions, as well as corporate sustainability consulting, with a focus on sustainability strategy and reporting for locally listed companies.

Key career highlights includes facilitating the development of the Kuala Lumpur Carbon Management Plan for council-owned assets and of the Paris Agreement compatible Climate Action Plan for the city of Kuala Lumpur. She has a Bachelors in Architectural Studies as well as Master of Environments from the University of Melbourne.

Associate Partner based in the Singapore Infrastructure Advisory team working across the ASEAN region to advise government and private sector clients on the development, financing, procurement and delivery of complex, large-scale infrastructure projects and programmes. Oliver has advised Thailand and Sri Lanka on the development of their national infrastructure plans including water and wastewater projects. He has over 17 years of experience across all infrastructure sectors, has worked extensively throughout ASEAN and the UK and provided expertise to clients in APAC, the Middle East, and the USA. He has been based in Singapore for 12 years.

Nathan Schmidt is the Regional Head of Asia of Climate Fund Managers (CFM), a leading climate-centric blended finance fund manager. He is responsible for the teams and CFM’s investment portfolios throughout Asia.

CFM currently manages two emerging market infrastructure funds focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation: Climate Investor One, a c. USD 1 billion fund focused on renewable energy, and Climate Investor Two, a c. USD 1 billion fund focused on water, sanitation, and oceans infrastructure.

Nathan joined CFM in 2017 and established the Asian based team. At CFM he has led the origination and investment in 10 platforms, including the successful development, construction and operation of over 1 GW of renewable energy projects.

Prior to CFM, Nathan was an Investment Director and founding member of Equis, a successful Asian based private equity infrastructure fund and developer. Nathan began his career at Macquarie Group in New York and Korea, advising and investing in over USD 3 billion of infrastructure and energy assets.

Jayendra studied architecture in Mumbai and London. He joined Foster + Partners in 2006. His career spans from leading designs in various typologies including mixed use, high-rise and infrastructure to delivering notable projects such as Arcoris Mont’Kiara and Ilham Baru Tower in South East Asia. He currently leads the delivery of multiple large-scale projects in Philippines. His work is underpinned by a strong belief to promote inclusive, inspiring developments that will play a crucial part in solving the global climate crisis. He is actively involved in academia and serves as on the RIBA Singapore Chapter Committee.

Kunal Shah is Chief Growth Officer & Managing Director – Asia for Anaergia, a global integrated solutions provider for conversion of organic waste and wastewater into carbon negative fuel where he overseas global growth and corporate marketing besides leading business activities in Asia Pacific region. Previously he was VP – Global Market Development & Strategy responsible for global marketing and strategic partnerships for the company. Prior to joining Anaergia, he was Country Manager – Malaysia & Indonesia and a member of Global Business Development Team at VA Tech Wabag, a global water infrastructure player.

Kunal has spearheaded development and implementation of technology-based EPC, DBO and BOT projects in Municipal Solid waste, Biogas, wastewater treatment, sea water desalination, Industrial water & Wastewater reuse projects in South East Asia, Europe, Middle East, India and China. Kunal is a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from University of Pune, is actively engaged in number of professional activities such as serving as VP and Council Member of Singapore Water Association, Advisory Council Member of World Biogas Association, Council member of Imagine H2O Asia, Global Advisory Council Member of Global Water Impact Fund (GWIF), to name a few and is a Singapore Young Water Leader, 2014. Kunal is a mentor to several global water and waste startups and an active speaker in various global forums on water, waste and renewable energy and is passionate towards the cause of a “Zero Organic Waste future for the World”, “Maximizing Resource recovery from World’s waste streams” and “24*7 access to clean drinking water for all globally”.

Mr. Osamu Shimbara is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Marubeni Asian Power Singapore Pte Ltd. After joining Marubeni Corporation, he has been involved in various IPP projects relating to new development and asset management in the APAC region, notably in Indonesia, Taiwan and Vietnam, with a particular focus on thermal projects (including a geothermal project in Indonesia). Mr. Shimbara has amassed considerable experience with his international stints in Indonesia and Singapore. After relocating to Singapore in April 2023, he has been in charge of mainly new development opportunities in the power sector in East Asia, South East Asia, South West Asia and Oceania.

Shivanan is responsible for MUFG Bank’s market leading project finance franchise in Asia. The business provides non-recourse debt solutions for power, oil & gas and infrastructure clients and investors across the region. Shivanan is a seasoned banker with 24 years experience across banks in Europe and Asia, covering a diverse range of disciplines including project/structured finance & advisory, sector coverage, leveraged finance, syndicated lending, debt capital markets and mergers & acquisitions. 

Joko Sogie brings over 13 years of expertise in investment and capital markets to his role as INA's Investment VP. Joining INA in 2021, he was entrusted with leading the Green Energy and Transformation sector. Previously, he served as the Head of Research at PT Deutsche Verdhana Sekuritas Indonesia (Deutsche Bank), where his responsibilities included diverse sectors such as conglomerates, automotive, infrastructure, building materials, and energy for over a decade. During this time, he actively participated in numerous fundraising deals within these sectors, collectively exceeding USD 2 billion. Joko graduated with honors (Cum Laude) from the University of Indonesia with a bachelor's degree in economics.

Mr Soh Leng Wan is the Assistant Managing Director of Enterprise Singapore, overseeing the growth of Singapore companies in the manufacturing industry.

Prior to this, Leng Wan spent seven years at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. As Senior Director (Industry Division) between 2017 and 2021, he led his team to formulate policies and initiatives to ensure Singapore’s economic competitiveness and vibrancy as a global city and tourism destination. Between 2006 and 2009, he was Deputy Director (Resource Division) and led his team to develop manpower initiatives to help enterprises meet their labour and talent needs.

Between 2012 and 2017, Leng Wan was the Senior Director (Strategic Planning) in the Ministry of National Development in charge of reviewing Singapore’s land use plans and development strategies.

Leng Wan has also served in various portfolios dealing with public policy formulation in the Ministry of Defence and the former Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.  

Ms. SORN Sopheavatey is an experienced professional with more than 10 years of working experience in the public sector. She holds an MSc degree in Urban Management and Development from the Netherlands. In 2017, after completing her master's degree, she was appointed as the Director of the Logistics Monitoring and Evaluation Department, and in 2020 she was promoted to the position of Deputy Director General of Logistics.

Ms. Sopheavatey held a leading role in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) sub-working group for project on the improvement of the logistics system in Cambodia, supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Additionally, she served as the Project Manager for the Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening for Logistics Monitoring and Evaluation Database Development in CLV countries. This project was funded by the Mekong-Korea Cooperation Fund, highlighting her involvement in regional cooperation efforts.

Through her diverse roles and experiences, Ms. SORN Sopheavatey has demonstrated a strong commitment to enhancing logistics systems and promoting effective monitoring and evaluation practices in Cambodia and the region.

Mr. Prince Lim Subion is the department head of the Human Resource Management and Development Office of the Provincial Government of Catanduanes, Philippines. He pioneers organizational streamlining in his unit to help local public servants better understand their roles by simplifying processes and eliminating unnecessary tasks.

With his extensive experience and expertise in public relations and information, he has also made a significant contribution to bringing the provincial government closer to the people through his advocacies for participative governance.

In addition to his HR role, he is the designated officer-in-charge of the Capitol’s Environment and Natural Resources Office, where he is  at the  forefront of a promising movement to revolutionize environmental conservation and resource utilization efforts in Catanduanes. One of his innovative approaches to solving environmental problems involves empowering local state workers through capacity building while fostering awareness among communities.

With a bachelor’s degree in Biology, he is now spearheading a flagship tree-planting program dubbed Project Restore. This transformative campaign aims to genuinely unite Catandunganons in preserving biodiversity and combating deforestation caused by logging and typhoon-induced tree uprooting.

Mr. Subion’s  proactive leadership is expected to usher in a new era of sustainable development and environmental stewardship in his island province.

Jackie Surtani is the Regional Director and Head of ADB’s Singapore Office. Before Jackie took on this role, he was based in ADB’s Manila headquarters as Director of the Infrastructure Finance Division covering East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific in the Private Sector Operations Department for six years.

Prior to re-joining ADB in 2017, Jackie was Regional Chief Risk Officer of the Asian commercial finance unit at Siemens Financial Services. He has also held several senior positions in Project Finance teams across Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan), Credit Suisse, and headed KBC Bank’s Asian Project Finance business in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney from inception for 14 years.Jackie has over 32 years of experience in Asian infrastructure lending and advisory. In particular, he has extensive experience in the South-East Asia power sector and has led several ground-breaking and innovative transactions that have been recognized by leading industry publications.

Jackie graduated with a First Class Honours degree with a Bachelor of Science from the University of East Anglia and obtained his Master of Philosophy degree in Management Studies from the University of Oxford.

Re-appointed by the Minister of Finance as the President Director of IIGF on November 25, 2022 for another term (5 year) of office. He was initially appointed as the President Director of IIGF on November 29, 2019 based on the Minister of Finance Decree Number 890/KMK.06/2019. Prior to that he held the position of the Executive Director of Business for IIGF since 2017.

He earned Electrical Engineering Degree majoring in Telecommunications Engineering from the Bandung Institute of Technology in 1993 and Master of Management Degree from IPMI Business School, Jakarta in 2002.

Prior to IIGF, he held various key positions with Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero)Tbk(PGAS.IJ) as the Managing Director of Strategy and Business Development (2011-2017), President Commissioner of PT PGAS Telekomunikasi Nusantara (2011-2017), and President Commissioner of PT PGN LNG Indonesia (2015-2016). He was with PT Indosat Tbk (ISAT.IJ) from 1994 to 2008 with the last position as the Group Head of Revenue Assurance (Finance).

Mr. Sutopo was awarded the Satya Lencana Wirakarya (Medal for Providing an Example of Meritorious Personality) by the President of the Republic Indonesia in 2013 for his contribution to the development of energy infrastructure in Indonesia.

Ethiopis Tafara is Vice President and Chief Risk, Legal and Sustainability Officer for the World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). He joined MIGA in September 2019 and is responsible for the supervision and oversight of MIGA’s Finance and Risk Management Group, the Economics & Sustainability Group and the Legal Affairs & Claims Group. He also oversees MIGA Partnerships.

Mr. Tafara previously served as Vice President and General Counsel for the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Prior to joining IFC in April 2013, Mr. Tafara served as the Director of the Office of International Affairs at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mr. Tafara held leadership positions in several international bodies, including as the Chairman of the Public Interest Oversight Board Monitoring Group, the SEC Deputy to both the Financial Stability Board and the IFRS Foundation Monitoring Board, and served on the Board of Trustees of the International Valuation Standards Council. In 2019, he was appointed as a Public Governor on the Board of Governors for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

Mr. Tafara holds a JD from Georgetown University and an AB from Princeton University.

Geoffrey Tan is a Managing Director at U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). As DFC’s representative based in Singapore, he is responsible for business development in Malaysia, Mongolia, the Pacific and the Philippines, as well as coordination across DFC’s Bangkok, Jakarta and Mumbai offices. Mr. Tan has worked in emerging markets investment financing for over 20 years. Since joining Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) – now DFC - in 2003, he has worked primarily on power, renewable energy and infrastructure projects, but also has diversified into other sectors including access to finance, impact and gender lens investing. These investments have been in Latin America, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.

Prior to OPIC Mr. Tan worked for the Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) in New York, Singapore and Hong Kong focusing on project and structured finance, and for Emerging Markets Partnership in Singapore focusing on private equity infrastructure investments. Mr. Tan is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Virginia, and attended Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium.

DFC is the U.S. Government’s development finance institution. It mobilizes private capital to help address critical development challenges and in doing so, advances U.S. foreign policy and national security priorities. Because DFC works with the U.S. private sector, it helps U.S. businesses gain footholds in emerging markets, catalyzing revenues, jobs and growth opportunities both at home and abroad. DFC achieves its mission by providing investors with financing, political risk insurance, and support for private equity investment funds, when commercial funding cannot be obtained elsewhere. Established as an agency of the U.S. Government in 1971, DFC (formerly OPIC) operates on a self-sustaining basis at no net cost to American taxpayers.

Ms Jen Tan is Head of Renewables Business, Singapore and Indonesia, at Sembcorp Industries. She is responsible for growing the portfolio of offerings under Sembcorp’s suite of sustainable solutions in Singapore and Southeast Asia – these include integrating energy, water, waste and digital solutions that help customers meet their environmental sustainability targets. She is also responsible for growing Sembcorp’s renewable business in Indonesia.

Prior to her current role, she was responsible for business development, project development and execution as well as operations and maintenance of solar projects in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Under her leadership, Ms Tan has successfully grown the business to become one of the largest solar players in Singapore.

Ms Tan has over 15 years of experience in the solar industry. Before joining Sembcorp, she was Vice President of APAC Sales and Energy Solutions in REC Solar Pte Ltd responsible for driving business growth in the region. In her time at REC, she was part of the pioneer team in starting up the REC manufacturing facility in Tuas. Prior to that, Ms Tan was in the semiconductor industry for nearly a decade, focusing primarily on planning.

Ms Tan holds a BA degree in Economics and Statistics, as well as an Executive MBA degree from National University of Singapore.

Serene has more than 15 years of experience in banking and finance where she successfully closed a number of award winning deals in the energy sector across Asia. Her expertise lies in advising and structuring project finance and acquisition finance transactions.

As a senior member of the New Energies Asia team, she is actively working with clients to explore and develop commercial and financing solutions which are tailored to the clients’ needs across (1) hydrogen/ammonia value chain, (2) low carbon solutions such as CCS & sustainable fuels and (3) e-mobility sector.

Prior to joining SMBC in 2014, Serene was a key member of the Capital, Projects and Infrastructure team in PwC.

Jane heads the origination, structuring and negotiation of deals for PPAs and energy offtake at IB Vogt for APAC, including cross-border projects. She is currently focused on helping corporations to mitigate climate change with renewable energy and carbon-free solutions.

Ray Tay is a Senior Vice President and team leader for Moody’s Project and Infrastructure Finance team for South and South East Asia. In this role, based in Singapore, he oversees the ratings team responsible for Moody’s extensive coverage across the project finance and infrastructure sectors, including transport infrastructure, power & utilities, and credit enhanced issuances.

Ray also authors research and speaks on topics such as project bonds and the role of funding diversity and credit enhancement in bridging the infrastructure gap, particularly in emerging markets. Ray is also a member of Moody’s Physical Climate Risks and APAC ESG Working Groups. Before joining Moody’s in 2012, Ray was a Director with the Global Infrastructure & Projects Group in KPMG. Ray has also worked as a Senior Business Analyst with the Singapore Power Group, focusing on regulatory economics in each of its principal local operating subsidiaries.

Ray holds a Bachelor’s in Economics with honors from the National University of Singapore.

Lavan is the Executive Director of Infrastructure Asia, an infrastructure project facilitation office set up by Enterprise Singapore and the Monetary Authority of Singapore. InfraAsia supports Asia’s social and economic growth through infrastructure development. Working closely with both the private and public sector in Singapore and the region, Lavan is focussed on project origination and development to enable more sustainable infrastructure in the region.

Lavan started his career in the Ministry of Finance overseeing fiscal policy formulation. Prior to his appointment at InfraAsia in April 2021, Lavan held various leadership roles at the MAS focussed on financial market development. He was most recently the Chief Representative based in the MAS New York Representative Office.

Lavan graduated with an Honours Degree in Business with a specialisation in Financial Analysis and obtained his MBA (Accountancy) from Nanyang Technological University’s Nanyang Business School.

Grégory Thomassin, born in 1984, is a graduate of AgroParisTech and IFP School, where he earned his master’s degrees in Environmental Engineering as well as in Energy Economics and Finance (First Class Honors), respectively.

He joined TotalEnergies in 2023 following the acquisition of Total Eren and is currently leading the Business Development team for Renewable Energy in APAC.

From September 2019 to October 2020, Grégory was based in Paris as the Director of Project Finance at Total Eren. In 2021, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer – Head of Project Finance for APAC, in charge of the finance, development, construction and operation of all projects in the region. Prior to this he was a Vice President at MUFG bank in London advising and financing renewable energy projects in EMEA (Offshore / onshore wind and solar).

Grégory has more than 15 years of experience in renewable energy investments. He has been involved in more than 5GW worth of projects around the world, including large-scale solar PV projects in the Middle East and led various high-profile mandates on offshore wind farms in Europe.

He has previously held various roles in project finance banks, development banks, and financial advisories internationally.

Luca Tonello leads one of Asia Pacific’s most respected teams engaged in capital raising and advisory for the infrastructure and energy sectors at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC).

As Managing Director for the bank’s Structured Finance Department in Asia Pacific (SFDA), Luca oversees the bank’s regional portfolio focused on sustainable energy, infrastructure and natural resources.

Luca has established himself as a thought leader within the project finance industry in Asia Pacific and is often featured as a speaker at conferences focused on energy and infrastructure.

Luca is Chairman of the Project Finance Committee, Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) and a board member of ASEEM Infrastructure Finance. He has also been part of the partner panel of Infrastructure Asia (IA), a government initiative aimed at developing Singapore as the infrastructure hub in ASEAN since its inception in 2018.

Throughout his career, Luca has contributed to several working groups on infrastructure development and financing promoted by the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Asia Development Bank (ADB), the Infrastructure Finance Facilitation Office (IFFO) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Indonesia Minister of Finance, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the OECD Organization, to name a few.

Dr Melanie Uzzell is the Director of Circular Economy at WRAP Asia Pacific, a global NGO that works with Governments, businesses and communities to deliver evidence-based, practical solutions to create a thriving world in which climate change is no longer a problem. She has over 15 years experience in the public sector in Australia and the UK, bringing together the public, private and tertiary sectors to drive local and international economic development and regeneration. She has a PhD in International Business from the University of Adelaide and speaks fluent Italian.

Philippe joined PIDG as Chief Executive Officer in 2014. He has 30 years of international experience in emerging markets infrastructure project and export finance and risk management in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia

Prior to joining PIDG, Philippe was one of the founding partners of an EM infrastructure finance advisory firm and before that worked for Depfa Bank’s infrastructure finance unit. Philippe spent 13 years at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (World Bank Group) in Washington and Singapore, where he headed the guarantees department and was global head of infrastructure. Philippe’s infrastructure experience covers power, renewables, water, transportation, and social infrastructure.

He attended Harvard University’s Business School Executive Program and holds an MBA in International Business and a Bachelor’s degree from George Washington University.

Matthew Vickerstaff is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) and Head of Government’s Project Finance Profession. He is responsible for the UK Guarantee Scheme and the Private Finance Initiative contract management programme, as well as for establishing a number of infrastructure funds alongside private investors in ultra fast broadband and electric vehicle charging infrastructure sectors.

Prior to joining the IPA Matthew spent over 20 years at Société Générale where he was responsible for managing the global structured finance teams including infrastructure, real estate, aircraft, shipping sectors, and export finance; and where he spent time working in Toronto, New York, Paris and London. He has been a director of a number of infrastructure investment companies and has 25 years experience in the design, build, finance and operation of infrastructure projects all over the world.

Before SocGen, Matthew began his career at Hambros PLC working in corporate risk analysis, asset finance and leasing, real estate and infrastructure both in London and Toronto. Matthew has an M.A from Cambridge University.

With over 10 years working in implementing projects and the investment sector, Dr. Vo has become the Principal Official of the Planning and Finance Division of Ho Chi Minh city Department of Health that is responsible for  managing the public investment projects, Public-Private Partnership projects for the whole city and managing the medical equipment matters. In this mission, he helps to adjust and reforms the procedure of supplying the city medical equipment as well.

Previously, being in the position of Head of Equipments and Projects of Pham ngoc Thach University of Medicine for more than a decade, he has  experience in the international and public Private Partnership Projects to support the development of the University, coordinating international cooperation and scientific issues as well.

Dr. Vo also held the position of Chief of the Office of Vietnamese - German Faculty of Medicine that was involved in enhancing the cooperation strategy between Pham ngoc Thach University of Medicine and Johannes Gutenberg, Mainz University including improving the exchange of scientists to provide a high quality medical labor force for the Ho Chi Minh City.

Dr. Sadek Wahba is Founder, Chairman and Managing Partner of I Squared, an independent global infrastructure investment manager with over 250 professionals based in Miami, London, New Delhi, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Taipei and Sydney. The company specializes in infrastructure investments in the energy, utilities, transport, environmental infra, digital infra and social infra sectors in North America, Europe and select high-growth economies across Asia and Latin America. He was previously at Morgan Stanley where he was the CEO of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure, a global platform for infrastructure investments.

A former economist at The World Bank, Sadek is an advocate for transformative approaches to infrastructure investment and a frequent commentator about the need for more investment in infrastructure to promote sustainable economic growth. He was part of the expert committee on the World Economic Forum's first report on global infrastructure investments and was named Global Infrastructure Personality of the Year twice, as well as Global Infrastructure Personality of the Decade, by Private Equity International (PEI). He appears regularly on national networks including Bloomberg and CNBC. In September 2022, President Biden appointed Sadek to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, which advises the White House on reducing the physical and cyber risks and improving the security and resilience of critical infrastructure in the U.S.

He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University, an M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a B.A. in economics from the American University in Cairo. He is a published author on economic research, including articles in the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Review of Economics and Statistics and others. One of his publications was selected by MIT as one of their 50 most influential papers in the last 50 years.

Sadek is a Senior Fellow at the Development Research Institute of New York University and Foundation Fellow of St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he is also a member of the Global Advisory Council of the Wilson Center, a trustee of the American University in Cairo and a member of the board of directors of the Miami Cancer Institute and a trustee of the Everglades Foundation.

Mr Simon Wilson is General Manager – Renewables at JERA Asia and is responsible for onshore renewables activities. He is a board director of Gia Lai Electricity Joint Stock Company in Vietnam and Aboitiz Renewables Inc. in the Philippines.

Mr Wilson has over two decades’ experience in the power, utilities and infrastructure space, spanning business and project development, investments, project and corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, strategy, as well as debt and equity financing. Simon has spent much of this period helping develop and finance new infrastructure projects across the Asian region as well as providing advice to Asian and non-Asian investors for cross-border investments both within Asia and externally.

Before to joining JERA Asia, he served as a Senior Vice President at Sembcorp Utilities and as a Special Advisor to the Nam Theun 2 Power Company in Laos. Prior to that, Mr Wilson worked in Macquarie Capital as Managing Director, Head of Power & Utilities, Asia and in National Australia Bank as Head of Resources, Energy and Utilities, Asia.

Mr Wilson holds an LLB (Honours) degree and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He also completed exchange programmes at Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok), Sophia University (Tokyo), Nanjing University (Nanjing) and Taiwan University (Taipei).

Jade Wong is an infrastructure finance professional with a wide range of experience in the public and private sectors. She has over 10 years of experience in financial and project structuring as well as in assessing public policies for infrastructure development. She covers the Asia Pacific region for the Global Infrastructure Facility of the World Bank and her current portfolio entails project preparation and structuring in the energy, transport, municipal solid waste, water and sanitation, and social infrastructure sectors. Before joining the GIF, she was with the International Finance Corporation Infrastructure group focusing on investments in the Asia Pacific region. Jade started her career as an investment analyst at a global macro hedge fund where she was responsible for investment strategies in the global commodities and energy sectors.

Mr Wong has 30 years of leadership experience in the energy sector and in investment management. Since joining Sembcorp in July 2020, he has been instrumental in leading Sembcorp’s transformation of its portfolio.

Prior to Sembcorp, Mr Wong was the Group CEO of Singapore Power from 2012 to 2020. He has also held senior roles in Temasek International and The AES Corporation.

Mr Wong actively contributes to the global energy transition through his role as Vice Chair, Asia of the World Energy Council. He is the Chairman of Health Promotion Board, and also serves on the boards of National Research Foundation, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore and China Venture Capital Fund Corporation.

Mr Wong holds a Bachelor of Science from National University of Singapore, and a Master of Business Administration from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Lawrence Wu has more than two decades of experience in corporate finance and investments, specializing in M&A and restructurings, reverse takeovers, schemes of arrangements and delisting of public companies, as well as capital fundraising. Prior to founding EDP Renewables APAC (Formerly Sunseap Group), Lawrence held appointments at DBS Bank (Vice President), Macquarie (Vice President) and BNP Paribas (Director).

Lawrence spearheads the group's efforts in capital raising, playing a vital role in raising the requisite funding for the group, and putting in place the capital structure required for its Solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) projects. These efforts helped set the foundation for the group's subsequent projects. Lawrence also carries with him more than 7 years of venture capital investing in the sustainability space and is a Partner and Director of TRIREC Pte Ltd, a renewable energy venture capital firm that focuses on companies in the de-carbonization arena.

Lawrence was named an honoree of the Spirit of Enterprise Award in 2017, an achievement he shares with his Co-Founder, Frank. Lawrence graduated from the Nanyang Technological University with First Class Honors in Accountancy in 2000, and he is both a Certified Public Accountant (Singapore), an ISCA Infrastructure and Project Finance Professional and a Chartered Financial Analyst

Mr. Weibin XIN is Deputy Head of Green Finance Division of Global Banking Department of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC).

He has served in ICBC for 15 years and was previously employed by Air China Limited for 6 years.

Mr Xin has extensive experience in green power, energy, ICT, infrastructure, chemical, aviation, equipment finance, as well as with experience in risk management and legal work.

Dr. Robert Yap is the Executive Chairman of YCH Group, Singapore’s largest homegrown and Asia’s leading supply chain and logistics provider with operations acrossthe Asia Pacific region. Robert is the Founder and Chairman of Y3 Technologies, a leading information technology and supply chain solutions provider. He founded Supply Chain Asia and is the Chairman of Supply Chain Angels, a corporate venture firm. He holds the positions of President of the Singapore National Employers Federation, President of the ASEAN Confederation of Employers, Singapore Chair of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council, and Singapore Co-Chair of the Malaysia-Singapore Business Council. Dr Yap participates in the National Wages Council, the National Jobs Council, the Future Economy Council, the Payments Council, the Singapore-Jiangsu Cooperation Council (SJCC), and the Joint Implementation Committee. He is the Honorary Advisory Council of the Singapore Computer Society and was a member of the Singapore Payment Council.

Dr Yap founded the Supply Chain and Logistics Academy (SCALA), a programme partner of Workforce Singapore, in 2016, to upskill logistics practitioners and provide reskilling for mid-career workers looking to change their career aspirations. 

He received the Singapore Public Service Star 2023 award as well as Public Service Medal in 2017 in recognition of his contributions. He was the "Businessman of the Year" by the Singapore Business Awards in 2016, the NUS Business School Eminent Business (Senior) Alumni Award in 2014, and the World Chinese Economic Forum Lifetime Achievement Award (Logistics) in 2013. He was the winner of the year for the prestigious Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year of Singapore in 2007.

Robert holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the National University of Singapore and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), honoris causa, in Business Administration from Wisconsin International University. He graduated from the Harvard Business School Owner President Management (OPM 21) programme. He was conferred the Professor of Practice by Zhejiang International Business School. The City University of Hong Kong College of Business appointed Robertas an Honorary Adjunct Professor from 2009 to 2012.

Yuki is the Director overseeing the Asia Pacific (APAC) Network for the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) which was launched in June 2022. She is focused on bringing together the financial sector across developed and emerging APAC to accelerate an inclusive and just transition to a net-zero economy. She assists financial institutions and businesses in planning for their transition to net zero and advocates for the scaling of credible and impactful financing for the transition.

Yuki is a seasoned sustainable financed expert. Prior to joining GFANZ, she was at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Finance Initiative for 20 years and leading its activities in Asia Pacific for the last four years.

She is a qualified chartered accountant in the UK (Fellow of ICAEW) and trained and worked at one of the Big Four accountants. She is currently based in Singapore and has worked in Bangkok, Geneva and London.

Yuki has a BSc honours degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and an MSc in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford.

Minghui has 15 years of experience in the wind and solar industry, where he has worked on numerous renewable energy projects in the Asia Pacific region. Minghui is currently the APAC Offshore Wind Segment Lead, where he is leading the sales and development of offshore wind projects across the APAC region. Minghui was also the technical project manager for several technical due diligence on wind and solar farms in the region and has also supported several offshore wind farm projects where DNV provided project engineering and owner’s engineer services. He has been involved in the due diligence of renewable assets globally exceeding 15GW, focusing on the contractual and financial aspect of the projects, including recent due diligence and Lender's Technical Advisory services of several offshore wind farms for international investors/lenders.